DT Learning Journey

EXCELLENCE – HAPPINESS AND NURTURE – POWERFUL LEARNING Subject Intent – Design and Technology Pupil will develop: Significant levels of originality and the willingness to take creative risks to produce innovative ideas and prototypes.

An excellent attitude to learning and independent working.

The ability to use time efficiently and work constructively and productively with others.

The ability to carry out thorough research, show initiative and ask questions to develop an exceptionally detailed knowledge of users’ needs.

The ability to act as responsible designers and makers, working ethically, using finite materials carefully and working safely.

A thorough knowledge of which tools, equipment and materials to use to make their products.

The ability to apply mathematical knowledge.

The ability to manage risks exceptionally well to manufacture products safely and hygienically.

A passion for the subject and knowledge of, up-to-date technological innovations in materials, products and systems.

Threshold Concepts Master practical skills This concept involves developing the skills needed to make high quality products (we have highlighted a range of skills but they may be added to or changed as appropriate for your school).

Design, make, evaluate and improve This concept involves developing the process of design thinking and seeing design as a process.

Take inspiration from design throughout history This concept involves appreciating the design process that has influenced the products we use in everyday life.

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Nursery Use equipment and tools safely with support Investigate moving/mechanical/technological toys with • pulleys/knobs etc • Begin thinking of own ideas Reception • Practise some safety measures without supervision • Store equipment safely • Choose colour for purpose Experiment with texture • Know different resources can be used together to make new effects • Tools - Nursery Makes snips with scissors with support Makes marks with paintbrush/pencil/pen Use glue to fix smaller things to larger things Makes holes with hole punch with support Tools - Reception Beginning to cut straight lines/curves Experiment freely to make patterns & representations of people and objects Use glue sticks with increasing control Understand use and purpose of hole punch and stapler

Nursery Know different actions are needed to create different outcomes on moving/mechanical/technological toys Select resources to represent ideas with Reception Transport equipment safely Experiment with mixing colours Constructs with a purpose in mind Combines media to achieve a planned effect Tools - Nursery Makes snips independently Makes shapes/lines Use sellotape with support Use glue spreader Makes holes independently Tools - Reception Cuts more complex shapes such as zigzags with some support Uses paintbrush/pencil/pen with control Uses sellotape Use stapler with support safely

Nursery Practise some safety measures Use keys that one mechanical technological with skills Make choices about how to represent ideas Reception Understand and manage risks when faced with new challenges.

Know some colour combinations e.g. white – lighter and black – darker Represent own ideas clearly using a range of media Evaluate work, make changes where necessary

Godley Primary DT Learning Journey

Tools - Nursery Beginning to use scissors more extensively with support Creates simple representations of people/animals/objects Beginning to control quantity of glue needed Beginning to use hole punch for purpose Tools – Reception Use scissors with care and control Makes choices about which item to use – thickness of brush – colour – weight of pencil Makes choices about which tools to use to stick/fasten Use hole punch/stapler safely and make choices about which purposes these tools are needed for.

Design, Make, Evaluate and Improve

Year 1

Food • Cut, peel or grate ingredients safely and hygienically.

• Measure or weigh using measuring cups or electronic scales.

• Assemble or cook ingredients.

Materials

• Cut materials safely using tools provided.

• Measure and mark out to the nearest centimetre.

• Demonstrate a range of cutting and shaping techniques (such as tearing, cutting, folding and curling).

• Demonstrate a range of joining techniques (such as gluing, using hinges or combining materials to strengthen).

Food Electricals and Electronics

Mechanics Create products using levers, wheels and winding mechanisms.

Year 2

Diagnose faults in battery-operated devices (such as low battery, water damage or battery terminal damage). ???

Construction Use materials to practise drilling, screwing, gluing and nailing materials to make and strengthen products.

Textiles • Shape textiles using templates.

• Join textiles using running stitch.

• Colour and decorate textiles using a number of techniques (such as dyeing, adding sequins or printing).

Materials

Food

Design, Make, Evaluate and Improve Textiles • Understand the need for a seam allowance.

• Join textiles with appropriate stitching.

• Select the most appropriate techniques to decorate textiles.

Construction • Choose suitable techniques to construct products or to repair items.

• Strengthen materials using suitable techniques.

Electricals and Electronics Create series and parallel circuits.

Year 4

Mechanics Use scientific knowledge of the transference of forces to choose appropriate mechanisms for a product (such as levers, winding mechanisms, pulleys and gears).

• Cut materials accurately and safely by selecting appropriate tools.

• Measure and mark out to the nearest millimetre.

• Apply appropriate cutting and shaping techniques that include cuts within the perimeter of the material (such as slots or cut-outs).

• Select appropriate joining techniques.

• Prepare ingredients hygienically using appropriate utensils.

• Measure ingredients to the nearest gram accurately.

• Follow a recipe.

• Assemble or cook ingredients (controlling the temperature of the oven or hob, if cooking).

Year 3

Design, Make, Evaluate and Improve

Year 5

Food

Materials

• Understand the importance of correct storage and handling of ingredients (using knowledge of micro-organisms).

• Measure accurately and calculate ratios of ingredients to scale up or down from a recipe.

• Demonstrate a range of baking and cooking techniques.

• Create and refine recipes, including ingredients, methods, cooking times and temperatures.

• Cut materials with precision and refine the finish with appropriate tools (such as sanding wood after cutting or a more precise scissor cut after roughly cutting out a shape).

• Show an understanding of the qualities of materials to choose appropriate tools to cut and shape (such as the nature of fabric may require sharper scissors than would be used to cut paper).

Mechanics • Convert rotary motion to linear using cams.

• Use innovative combinations of electronics (or computing) and mechanics in product designs.

Year 6

Electricals and Electronics Create circuits using electronics kits that employ a number of components (such as LEDs, resistors, transistors and chips).

Construction Develop a range of practical skills to create products (such as cutting, drilling and screwing, nailing, gluing, filling and sanding).

Textiles • Create objects (such as a cushion) that employ a seam allowance.

• Join textiles with a combination of stitching techniques (such as back stitch for seams and running stitch to attach decoration).

• Use the qualities of materials to create suitable visual and tactile effects in the decoration of textiles (such as a soft decoration for comfort on a cushion)

Year 7

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 1 & Year 2 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Food

Materials

Textiles

Electrical and electronics

Basic

Advancing

Deep

With the support of a teacher, ingredients are prepared safely and hygienically.

There is a growing awareness of safety and hygiene procedures when preparing food.

There is a growing ability to weigh and measure accurately.

There is a good understanding of the need to work safely and hygienically when preparing food.

There is a good understanding of how to weigh and measure accurately using a range of scales.

There is a good level of control of tools so that materials are cut safely.

With the support of a teacher, weighing and measuring is accurate.

With the support of teacher, materials are cut safely.

There is a growing ability to cut materials safely.

When supported by a teacher, maths skills are sometimes used to help measure and mark to the nearest centimetre.

Maths skills are often used to help measure and mark to nearest centimetre.

There is a good application of maths skills to help measure and mark to the nearest centimetre.

During structured activities, a range of cutting and shaping techniques are used.

There is a growing use of range of cutting and shaping techniques.

There is a wide sue of a range of cutting and shaping techniques.

During structured activities, a range of joining techniques are used.

There is a growing use of a range of joining techniques.

There is a wide sue of a range of joining techniques.

With the support of a teacher, textiles are shaped using templates.

Templates are beginning to be created and used to shape textiles.

Templates are created to a good standard and used to shape textiles effectively.

With the support of a teacher, textiles are joined with a basic running stitch.

A basic running stitch is used well to join textiles.

A control running stitch is used to securely join textiles.

With the support of a teacher, a number of decoration techniques are experienced.

With the support of a teacher, a range of common faults are identified.

A growing number of decoration techniques are used.

A growing range of faults are correctly identified.

Effective decoration techniques are chosen and applied to good effect.

A wide range of faults are identified and possible solutions suggested.

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 1 & Year 2 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Construction

Mechanics

Basic

Advancing

Deep

With the support of a teacher, materials are combined to make products.

With growing independence, materials are combined to make products.

With the support of a teacher, products using levels and winding mechanisms are made.

With growing independence, and a developing understanding of mechanisms, products using levels and winding mechanisms are made.

Good choices of materials and how to combine them are made when making a wide range of products.

With a high level of independence and a good understanding of mechanisms, good quality products using levels and winding mechanisms are made.

To master practical skills When supported by a teacher, designs to meet a purpose are created.

To take inspirational from design throughout history.

With growing independence, designs that have a clear purpose and intended user are created.

When encouraged by a teacher, designs are improved as the making process develops.

With structured activities, designs of others are evaluated to identify likes and dislikes.

Generally, good quality products are made by a process of refinement during the making process.

When prompted, basic improvements to the existing designs are suggested.

Suitable and appropriate improvements to existing designs are generally identified.

With growing independence and a growing understanding of design features, likes and dislikes of the designs of others are identified.

With a high level of independence and good understanding that designs require a purpose and user, very good designs are created.

High quality products are made trough a process of constant refinement throughout the making process.

With a high level of independence and good understanding of design features, likes and dislikes are identified, explained and justified, with examples.

Thoughtful and well reasoned improvements to existing designs are identified.

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 3 & Year 4 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Food

Materials

Textiles

Electrical and electronics

Basic

Advancing

Deep

When reminded, appropriate utensils are chosen to safely and hygienically prepare food.

Appropriate utensils are generally chosen to safely and hygienically prepare food.

With support from a teacher, accurate measurement, to the nearest gram, is experienced.

When reminded, appropriate tools are chosen to safely cut materials.

There is generally accurate measurement to the nearest gram.

Appropriate utensils are chosen to safely and hygienically prepare food, with clear explanations for the choices made.

There is accurate measurement to the nearest gram using a variety of scales.

With support from a teacher, accurate measurement and marking, to the nearest millimetre, is experienced.

With support from a teacher, appropriate techniques are used to cut and shape materials.

When reminded, appropriate joining techniques are used.

Appropriate tools are generally chosen to safely cut materials.

When demonstrated by a teacher, and support provided, appropriate allowances are made when joining fabrics.

When demonstrated by a teacher, appropriate stitching is attempted with some good effects.

Generally, appropriate allowances for joining fabrics are used.

When reminded, appropriate techniques are used to decorate textiles.

When reminded, knowledge of science is applied to create series and parallel circuits in products.

Generally, interesting and appropriate techniques are used to decorate textiles.

There is generally accurate measurement to the nearest gram.

There is generally accurate measurement and marking to the nearest millimetre.

Appropriate techniques are generally chosen to cut and shape materials.

Generally, stitching is appropriate to the product and effective.

Generally, science knowledge is applied well to create series and parallel circuits in products.

Appropriate utensils are chosen to safely cut materials, with clear explanations for the choices made.

There is accurate measurement and marking to the nearest millimetre using a variety of scales.

Appropriate techniques are chosen to cut and shape materials, with clear explanations for the choices made.

Appropriate joining techniques are selected and used to good effect, with reasons for choices clearly explained.

Excellent choices of appropriate techniques provide interesting and eye-catching textile decorations.

Science knowledge is readily applied to good effect in creating series and parallel circuits in products.

Suitable techniques are chosen and justified when constructing or repairing items.

Science knowledge is readily applied to good effect in creating series and parallel circuits in products.

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 3 & Year 4 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Construction

Basic When reminded by a teacher, suitable techniques are used to construct products or repair items.

Advancing Suitable techniques are generally used to construct or repair items.

Deep Suitable techniques are chosen and justified when constructing or repairing items.

Mechanics

When reminded, knowledge of science is applied to creating mechanism products.

Generally, knowledge of science is applied to creating mechanism products.

Generally, there is a good understanding of opportunities for design.

Knowledge of science is readily applied when creating mechanism products.

Excellent examples of suggestions for design show an in-depth understanding of the need for design.

Very efficient workflows and well-reasoned choices of materials make work very efficient.

Designs are continually evaluated and improved throughout a project, resulting in high-quality products.

An in-depth knowledge of some notable designers provides inspiration and ideas for designs.

To design, make, evaluate and improve

During structured activities, opportunities for design are realised.

When supported by a teacher, appropriate materials are selected.

To take inspirational from design throughout history.

When encouraged, techniques are refined throughout a project to improve the design.

With support from a teacher, some of the most notable designers’ work is examined to provide inspiration for ideas.

With support from a teacher, existing designs are evaluated and improvements made.

Planning of workflows and careful selection of materials means work is generally carried out efficiently.

Generally, designs are evaluated and refined throughout a project.

A growing knowledge of a range of notable designers is used to provide inspiration for designs.

Generally, some opportunities for improving existing designs are made, giving reasons for choices.

Many good opportunities for developing existing designs are noticed and acted upon.

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 5 & Year 6 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Food

Materials

Basic There is some awareness of the principles and practices of safe food storage and handling.

Advancing Science knowledge is applied to the safe storage and handling of ingredients.

When reminded, mathematical knowledge is applied to accurately calculate ratios of ingredients.

When guided, a range of baking and cooking techniques is demonstrated.

Mathematical knowledge is generally applied to calculate ratios of ingredients.

With support from a teacher, a range of recipes are created.

There are some good examples of precision cutting.

A developing range of interesting recipes is created.

There are many good examples of precision cutting using a growing range of cutting implements.

The properties of materials are generally considered in choosing tools.

When reminded, the qualities of materials are considered when selecting tools.

Textiles

There are some good examples of effective joins.

There are some good examples of art skills being used to provide decoration.

Electrical and electronics

With support, and reminders of science knowledge, a range of circuits is created and used in products.

A developing range of baking and cooking techniques is demonstrated.

There is a growing range of examples of effective joining techniques that show control and some precision.

There are many good examples of art skills being applied to good effect to provide visual and tactile decoration.

Science knowledge is generally applied to the design process to create products that employ a range of electronic components.

Deep A thorough scientific understanding of microorganisms is rigorously applied to the practices of storage and handling of ingredients.

Knowledge of mathematics is readily applied to calculate ratios of ingredients.

A good range of baking and cooking techniques is demonstrated.

A wide repertoire of recipes with interesting combinations of ingredients is created.

There are widespread examples of precision cutting using a wide variety of cutting implements.

An in-depth understanding of the properties of materials is used to carefully select appropriate tools.

There is a wide range of very effective joining techniques that show a high level of precision and control.

Well-chosen art skills are used to create eyecatching decoration.

Science knowledge is readily applied to the design process, creating high-quality products that employ a broad range of electronic components.

D&T – Key Threshold Concepts – Year 5 & Year 6 Subject To master practical skills

D&T Construction

Mechanics

To design, make, evaluate and improve

To take inspirational from design throughout history.

Basic With support, a range of practical skills are emerging to help create or repair products.

With support, cams are created.

Advancing A growing range of practical skills are used effectively to make or repair products.

With support, combinations of design components are used in product designs.

There is some interesting experimentation with combinations of design components in product designs.

Generally, the user experience is used as a rationale for design choices.

With guidance, products are designed with some reference to the user experience.

A range of differently shaped cams are created.

With support, prototypes are made and later developed.

Generally improvements are continual throughout the making process, with initial prototypes often changed radically through a number of refinements.

When reminded, a high-quality finish is achieved by applying art skills.

Art skills are generally applied and, along with attention to detail, create a high-quality finish.

With support, elements of design from notable designers are incorporated into designs.

Generally, there are some well-reasoned choices for combining elements from a range of designers.

There are some good examples of designs that improve upon existing products.

When reminded, evaluations are carried out throughout and at the end of the design process.

There is a growing range of examples of designs that improve upon existing products.

Evaluations are generally ongoing and thorough.

They relate to the user experience.

Deep A wide range of practical skills are put to very effective use to make or repair a wide variety of products.

Combinations of differently shaped cams are used to create interesting and useful movement.

There are some innovative combinations of design components in product designs.

The experience of the user drives the design process.

There are many excellent examples and explanations of how choices improve the user experience.

Initial prototypes and alternative designs are thoroughly explored and explained. Refinements are continually made throughout the making process.

Impeccable attention to detail and the extremely effective application of art skills create a professional quality finish.

An in-depth knowledge of some designers’ work is reflected in some striking designs. The rationale and background to the design ideas are explained thoughtfully.

There are some notable examples of how the design of an existing product has been greatly improved.

The user experience drives critical self-evaluation and helps to identify current and future improvements.

Godley Primary – Approach to teaching - D & T

Study of Designer

Plan

Design

Create – Produce – Refine – Evaluate Analyse

Evaluate Final Product

Present Final Piece

Key Threshold Concepts Master Practical Skills – Design, Make, Evaluate and Improve – Take Inspiration from Design Throughout History